Alexis Name Popularity

How popular is Alexis?

In 2016 the somewhat popular name Alexis, ranked the 119th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Alexis has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 3, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1999.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1998 with 19,778 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Alexis in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1940.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alexis occurred roughly during the years 1940-1947, 1967-1975, 1976-1983, and 1987-1998, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1999-2015.

Alexis became more popular as a girls name in 1942.

The popularity trend for Alexis has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Alexis has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alexis?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Alexis is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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Alexis (Girl)

Alexis (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2016

2,662

119

961

350

2015

3,406

87

994

343

2014

4,223

64

1,175

303

2013

4,771

46

1,189

294

2012

5,348

40

1,560

228

2011

6,514

26

1,482

242

2010

8,260

16

1,621

221

2009

9,926

13

2,018

186

2008

9,716

15

2,340

169

2007

9,908

19

2,654

158

2006

11,227

14

3,202

130

2005

11,968

13

3,049

132

2004

13,469

11

4,175

103

2003

14,861

7

2,721

150

2002

15,635

5

2,379

161

2001

16,399

5

2,769

143

2000

17,628

6

2,714

144

1999

19,234

3

2,434

147

1998

19,778

6

2,316

148

1997

17,170

8

3,182

120

1996

16,588

8

1,795

180

1995

14,330

14

1,880

174

1994

13,036

18

1,288

227

1993

10,831

27

1,100

261

1992

7,947

40

767

331

1991

7,009

47

757

331

1990

5,257

66

737

336

1989

3,515

92

549

397

1988

2,901

97

418

441

1987

2,457

113

476

397

1986

2,194

129

430

411

1985

2,516

112

519

355

1984

3,291

89

475

370

1983

3,463

83

658

299

1982

3,123

93

761

276

1981

1,585

172

405

405

1980

1,268

204

351

443

1979

1,011

248

330

446

1978

772

300

254

512

1977

725

325

239

539

1976

693

322

214

552

1975

678

327

218

544

1974

600

359

180

596

1973

492

405

152

646

1972

397

466

135

687

1971

344

532

157

656

1970

354

535

124

738

1969

204

696

134

682

1968

174

753

110

718

1967

185

720

139

635

1966

186

724

103

728

1965

166

770

105

725

1964

104

1,065

86

811

1963

173

788

66

919

1962

154

850

76

868

1961

154

858

69

917

1960

168

788

65

938

1959

168

785

49

1,103

1958

186

723

46

1,131

1957

193

718

35

1,319

1956

182

710

45

1,129

1955

174

716

30

1,393

1954

177

699

33

1,311

1953

216

604

27

1,454

1952

252

538

27

1,460

1951

253

521

20

1,683

1950

230

543

18

1,749

1949

269

492

22

1,583

1948

217

565

14

2,027

1947

248

533

16

1,917

1946

221

530

16

1,812

1945

122

667

15

1,774

1944

124

663

23

1,401

1943

88

828

11

2,280

1942

36

1,349

16

1,796

1941

5

4,431

7

2,879

1940

< 5

--

7

2,875

1939

< 5

--

13

1,962

1938

< 5

--

5

3,541

1937

< 5

--

12

2,091

1936

< 5

--

< 5

--

1935

< 5

--

9

2,533

1934

< 5

--

11

2,264

1933

< 5

--

13

1,996

1932

< 5

--

11

2,314

1931

5

4,344

12

2,208

1930

< 5

--

8

3,026

1929

< 5

--

11

2,454

1928

< 5

--

8

3,082

1927

< 5

--

11

2,525

1926

< 5

--

13

2,304

1925

< 5

--

18

1,870

1924

< 5

--

14

2,228

1923

< 5

--

17

1,944

1922

< 5

--

9

3,019

1921

< 5

--

19

1,832

1920

< 5

--

19

1,821

1919

< 5

--

18

1,812

1918

< 5

--

13

2,263

1917

< 5

--

19

1,695

1916

< 5

--

20

1,594

1915

< 5

--

14

1,971

1914

< 5

--

14

1,690

1913

< 5

--

6

2,503

1912

< 5

--

14

1,270

1911

< 5

--

8

1,291

1910

< 5

--

< 5

--

1909

< 5

--

< 5

--

1908

< 5

--

< 5

--

1907

< 5

--

5

1,350

1906

< 5

--

< 5

--

1905

< 5

--

< 5

--

1904

< 5

--

< 5

--

1903

< 5

--

< 5

--

1902

< 5

--

< 5

--

1901

< 5

--

< 5

--

1900

< 5

--

< 5

--

1899

< 5

--

< 5

--

1898

< 5

--

< 5

--

1897

< 5

--

< 5

--

1896

< 5

--

< 5

--

1895

< 5

--

5

1,083

1894

< 5

--

< 5

--

1893

< 5

--

< 5

--

1892

< 5

--

< 5

--

1891

< 5

--

< 5

--

1890

< 5

--

< 5

--

1889

< 5

--

< 5

--

1888

< 5

--

< 5

--

1887

< 5

--

5

930

1886

< 5

--

< 5

--

1885

< 5

--

< 5

--

1884

< 5

--

< 5

--

1883

< 5

--

< 5

--

1882

< 5

--

6

840

1881

< 5

--

< 5

--

1880

< 5

--

< 5

--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.